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HebrewH3663Proper Noun (Masculine)

כְּנַנְיָ֫הוּ

ke.nan.yah

3Occurrences
H3663Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kenanjah, an Israelite

or כְּנַנְיָהוּ; from H3661 (כָּנַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has planted;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Chenaniah = "Jehovah establishes" 1) a Levite song leader who assisted in the procession of transporting the ark 2) an Izharites officer of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

כְּנַנְיָ֫הוּ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:22BSB

Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

1 Chronicles 15:27BSB

Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 26:29BSB

From the Izrahites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.